Once a month we come together from our different lives and different points of view to sit for a few hours, do a show and tell, and then companionably work. It is this exact thing, this feeling of sitting and working in a group of talented people, that I am only now coming to understand […]
2016 has been quite the year so far. In January, with Dayna Collins and Tory Brokenshire, I took on the Compass Gallery at the Willamette Heritage Center…shows that change monthly, and Thursday we put up a new show called “Mark Making”. I wrote an essay for a book just out compiled by Salem-ite Deleen Riley […]
It was true we needed to get away for a bit…see some new sights, regain perspective on our creative endeavors, visit some friends and family, connect. Well it worked sooo well that I came home and forgot about all the stuff I normally do, like blogs…oops. So here is the long and laborious journey…mostly sights, […]
In Like a Lion today…hail, wind, pouring rain…but a happy day nonetheless. The first Tuesday of the month is quilt group and today we went out to Lynda’s where everything is about sewing…the flower bed… and the dog (“Buttons”)…everything…in a good way. Show and tell included Lynda’s new quilt made from a pattern called “Smitten” […]
Did you ever have a day when you just DID NOT want to go out? Last Thursday for me… I wasn’t “unwell” exactly, and my mother is far beyond my reach, but it was a matter of comfort. I needed a day of doing small things. Getting some envelopes ready to mail… packing away Christmas… […]
I’ve been a fan of two Oregon artists for a few years, and have written about them both on this blog here, here, and here…only recently discovering they are married. In the wake of the recent blog post on Julie Green’s show at Upfor Gallery, R and I were invited for a studio visit. We […]
The deed is done and it was fun! On Tuesday we packed our cars, grabbed a coffee and took off for Newberg… Gallery director Tim Timmerman and his student assistant Sarah were ready for us and set to work…we arranged the pairs, it went up quickly… and when we arrived Friday afternoon…Voila! …just a few […]
I truly don’t think of this blog as a vehicle for publicizing my own work, but really folks…”it’s been a year in the making”…(as they used to say in the trailers for movies in the 1950’s.) I guess I’ve blogged about it along the way, but now we’re down to the wire…writing statements, taking photos, […]
Memorial day weekend, the travel quilts are finished, back to work on the show quilts…low blogging energy today…so…here’s the “ugly Fabric Challenge” quilt which I quilted in the car down to and back from Asilomar. Twice as year somebody in the quilt group produces some less-than-ideal fabric, everybody gets a piece and goes away and […]
The leitmotif (recurring theme) in my life these days is the sewing, as I get ready for two quilt shows this fall. I sew in the car, I sew in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, occasionally in bed. I have a little spot staked out on the couch that catches the bright daylight and […]
On The Way 